Hi everyone, for those of you who couldn’t make it to Final Friday yesterday, we rolled dice to select ingredients for this year’s Iron Brewer Competitions. The first round will be in March and the ingredients are Mittelfruh hops, Vienna malt, and vanilla. The summer Iron Brewer ingredients are Cascade hops, coffee malt, and banana, and the fall ingredients are Nelson Sauvin hops, rye malt, and lemon peel.
Single-Malt and Single-Hop (SMaSH) beers offer the opportunity to strip a beer down to the bare essentials. No complicated grain bills or hop lineups! They make learning about individual ingredients easy. We will have several SMaSH Challenges this year. For the April meeting we are highlighting dry-hopping. First, the base recipe: All-grain (for 5 gallons): 10 lbs American…
[image type=”none” float=”none” src=”/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Garage-Sale-e1520402486149.jpg” link=”true” href=”https://www.facebook.com/events/224155578160234/” title=”Homebrew – Garage Sale!” target=”blank” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover”] Come join us for our first ever Homebrewers Garage Sale! EVERYONE is invited to attend from beginners looking to pick up bargain equipment, to the experienced brewer looking to shed some extra gear. There will be lots of shiny stuff for…
Join us this Wednesday for a field trip meeting at LA Ale Works. We will be discussing the upcoming PBC Competition as well as a discussion on beer blending. Come hungry and thirsty. Bartz BBQ will be on site.
Remember the club has reserved 11 campsites and there is room for 6 people and two vehicles per campsite. We have room for about 16 club members in addition to those who already expressed interest in attending or reserved one of the 11 campsites. Here is the update from CHA: “The California Homebrewers Association (CHA) Board…
We are hosting a Monster Brew at Monkish on June 6. The recipe for the wort is 1.051OG and 25 IBUs with a grain bill of 78% domestic 2row, 12% flaked oats, 5% Vienna, and 4% acid. That’s great but many are asking what do I make with this beer? Based on previous posts from…
Tonight’s Meeting is a Field Trip Meeting! Reminder: Tonight’s meeting will be held at Scholb Premium Ales at 7pm. Address: 2964 Columbia St. Torrance, CA 90503 *Remember to bring your Iron Brewer Entries! **We will be collaborating on a monster brew recipe at tonight’s meeting. Hope to see everyone!
Jill UpdykeAdministrator/Recorder (2017-2018)Dregs January 2017 - Meet Your OfficersI took a brief 20 year hiatus then went into SBBS and told Dan I wanted to do all grain and he set me up. I started coming to meetings shortly after that, and really felt welcomed and at home at the club.
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